Cars you gave up for your kids

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When I met my wife, she and her 5 brothers and sisters went everywhere with mom and dad, in a 1951 Caddy 4 door, or in the back of the 1949 Chevy PU truck. Today they would be arrested for either vehicle. What besides a large SUV or Mini-van will haul 8+ people. To top it off my sister and I would climb in and go with them.

Up to two kids you can make do in an Accord sized car (I went camping with my wife and two kids in our 00 Accord with a cap on it) and you'll be OK. You might have to be creative in packing but if you're not creative the kids will leave you in the dust anyway.

Once you cross the magic line from 2 kids to three you have put yourself in a minivan. You can kid yourself and put yourself in an SUV but you're not fooling any of us that know.... It's just a poorly designed minivan.

yeah, i just can't let her go. it's been so much fun to drive again since replacing the motor and trans mounts. The BMW is a decent cruiser, but the Alfa really puts a grin on my face that the bimmer can't match.

we'll see what happens. she is currently still working, but wants to stop as soon as we can figure out how to afford it.

By the way, our one stroller just fits in the bimmer trunk, but the "jogging stroller" doesn't stand a chance.

By the way, our one stroller just fits in the bimmer trunk, but the "jogging stroller" doesn't stand a chance.

Same for us, we had one of those 'crossover' strollers that was supposed to be useful as a jogger and with enough storage etc to use as a regular stroller. Of course, in the end it did neither well and was too big.I think we probably used it a total of 30 times. :sick:

bristol2 - you'd be amazed (or maybe not by now) how easy it is not to take little things like does the stroller fit in the trunk for granted.

I did pass on a VW Cabrio (yeah, I know... chick car.....) because one of my requirements was that my guitar could fit in the trunk without folding the rear seat down. That would have meant my (at the time) two kids and wife could ride along if I was playing somewhere.

I ended up in a Sebring and while I don't know if that particular scenario ever came up but I did use the extra room.

I just went through an ordeal replacing the cat converter this weekend to get it to pass inspection (which it did yesterday. woohoo!), so I'm attached to it for the moment. At least until the trauma has subsided.

A New York man retired. He wanted to use his retirement money wisely, so >it would last, and decided to buy a home and a few acres in Portugal. The >modest farmhouse had been vacant for 15 years; the owner and wife both had >died, and there were no heirs. > > The house was sold to pay taxes. There had been several lookers, but the >large barn had steel doors, and they had been welded shut. > > Nobody wanted to go to the extra expense to see what was in the barn, and >it wasn't complimentary to the property anyway... so, nobody made an offer >on the >place. > > The NY guy bought it at just over half of the prope rty's worth; moved in, >and set about to tear in to the barn... curiosity was killing him. So, he >and his wife bought a generator and a couple of grinders... and cut thru >the welds. > > What was in the barn? > > Go to; www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa70.htm > and start wishing you had purchased the property.

I traded in my 2001 75th Anniversary Edition Pontiac Grand-Am GT for a 2002' Cadillac Seville STS before my son Brock, was born. I was happy about the trade as I got a much nicer car and it was more solid in the winter.

I had a really nice '95 300ZX that I gave up. I still regularly think about getting another.

I drove my wife's car for a while so she could get a safe four door (new BMW with a manual) for the baby. W quickly grew out of the BMW and when she was getting ready to have our second child, she got an Odyssey. So, I got a little vindication in the end.

it had a payload upgrade and i put bigger shocks and 31" tires on it. v8 4 speed manual. when i saw my daughter's head bouncing around with every bump in the road and after i lent it out and the next time i went drive it, a tire was flat, it had no gas, and there were week old smelly beer cans in the cab, i decided it was time for it to go. traded it for a more family friendly ' 89 taurus sho.